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. >> ambassador steven's father and glen doherty's mother say the same thing. the security matters are being adequately investigated, . in october, anything reeks of politics. any regrets made it too far and turned it too much in a political i shall owned not taken seriously? >> nobody's political playbook on 9/11 to have the death and the murder of these four americans. they were good americans, serving their country. the reality is we have hundreds of embassy and consulates, we have thousands of people serving overseas what would be wrong is if a person like me, i chaired the sub committee on the national security, homeland defense and operations. >> congress wasn't in session and doesn't seem like a show hearing. >> if i said we got an election here, we can't dive into this, we got people that are dead. you have an administration that did not come clean on response to this they budge approximatelied their answer. >> this is not the easiest thing, fog of war is fog of war. >> remember in the hearing, the person, charlene lamb testified, she said that they wer
. >> ambassador steven's father and glen doherty's mother say the same thing. the security matters are being adequately investigated, . in october, anything reeks of politics. any regrets made it too far and turned it too much in a political i shall owned not taken seriously? >> nobody's political playbook on 9/11 to have the death and the murder of these four americans. they were good americans, serving their country. the reality is we have hundreds of embassy and consulates, we...
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no one should be blaming the president for the death of chris stevens and three other americans. >> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department, 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. the president and vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions. they were made by security professionals. they're the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision. >> now republicans are not buying this. senator john mccain saying if the president what the no aware of this threat in benghazi, then we lost confidence in his national security team. that sult matly the job of the commander in chief. the buck stops there. cnn foreign affairs reporter landed that interview with secretary clinton. elise will join us next hour live. >>> at least two other drugs may be added to the list of the growing outbreak of meningitis. a pain steroid has been linked to the outbreak. 214 cases of meningitis have been reported in 15 states. 15 people have died. >> vice president joe biden will attend the funeral today f
no one should be blaming the president for the death of chris stevens and three other americans. >> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department, 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. the president and vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions. they were made by security professionals. they're the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision. >> now republicans are not...
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this is the usa today/gallup poll, even steven among women that is in 12 swing states. dana, we have seen the president running far ahead of mitt romney among female voters. in fact, different picture here, look at the nationwide polls and obama is still leading romney among women by seven points or more. what accounts for this jump toward romney among women in the 12 swing states, any clue? >> it is hard to answer that without getting what they say -- they call in the business cross tax, the inside numbers in gallup polls to be able to know why the women who said that they are more supportive of mitt romney said that, whether it is his economic positions, whether it was his performance on the debate or something else. but what i can tell you is that other polls also talking about -- or talking to voters in swing states are, you know, less favorable to mitt romney and still is a pretty big gender gap, even in swing states, in the washington post poll and the politico, george washington university poll. but it is important to point this out because gallup is -- didn't ju
this is the usa today/gallup poll, even steven among women that is in 12 swing states. dana, we have seen the president running far ahead of mitt romney among female voters. in fact, different picture here, look at the nationwide polls and obama is still leading romney among women by seven points or more. what accounts for this jump toward romney among women in the 12 swing states, any clue? >> it is hard to answer that without getting what they say -- they call in the business cross tax,...
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i mean, you heard from chris stevens' dad just a few weeks ago -- days ago that ambassador, saying listen his death is being politicized. and you heard, you know, vice president biden kind of distancing himself from the state department, saying we didn't know about those requests for extra security. take a listen to what secretary clinton said when i asked her whether the white house, whether the administration, is throwing her state department under the bus. >> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department. 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts. the president and the vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. they're the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs, and make a considered decision. >> and soledad, in addition, kind of taking some heat off the white house, i think she also tries to refocus people to say, listen, let's stop this political gotcha. let's stop the bickering and the blame game and remember that four americans, four brave diplomats, died and what
i mean, you heard from chris stevens' dad just a few weeks ago -- days ago that ambassador, saying listen his death is being politicized. and you heard, you know, vice president biden kind of distancing himself from the state department, saying we didn't know about those requests for extra security. take a listen to what secretary clinton said when i asked her whether the white house, whether the administration, is throwing her state department under the bus. >> i take responsibility. i'm...
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and we couldn't find ambassador stevens. and we were trying desperately to figure out what had happened to him and to shaun smith and the others who were there. so it was an intense, you know, long ordeal for everybody at the state department and in libya. >> now, i know the investigation is going to play itself out. >> right. >> but in the short-term, the state department officials and diplomatic security admit that requests for security were denied because they said that it was adequate based on the threat level. did you get that intelligence about the threat level? or was this a bad security decision? >> you know, elise, one of the things we're going to explore in the accountability review that i have ordered is exactly what happened. and what can we do to make sure that we learn lessons from it. nobody wants to get to the bottom of this more than i do. i knew chris stevens. i've had a chance to meet the families of the other three men who we lost. i take this very personally. so we're going to get to the bottom of it. an
and we couldn't find ambassador stevens. and we were trying desperately to figure out what had happened to him and to shaun smith and the others who were there. so it was an intense, you know, long ordeal for everybody at the state department and in libya. >> now, i know the investigation is going to play itself out. >> right. >> but in the short-term, the state department officials and diplomatic security admit that requests for security were denied because they said that it...
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host: i think that was the site of the steven tyler presidential delete -- debate. best: why wouldn't it hofstra? there was no debate about it. host: the democratic line, in stafford, virginia. caller: morning, cspan. i am just baffled that nobody in the media has brought up romney's faith. if we dug into his mormon faith, he would lose by a landslide. i go to utah and i know all about the mormon faith. i know them inside and out and that mormon religion is nothing short of a cult. if you did your research and you went into a little deeper, you would see where -- what mr. romney is all about. host: is his fate the legitimate issue? guest: far be it for me to say it is legitimate. i tend to think almost everything is legitimate. i am struck by how little role his fate seems to have played in this race. i have not seen any poll that shows a significant number of voters would not vote for him because of his fate. more monism is pretty unpopular. -- mormonism is pretty unpopular. there was a best-seller all about being mohrmann. some of them are still voting for romney.
host: i think that was the site of the steven tyler presidential delete -- debate. best: why wouldn't it hofstra? there was no debate about it. host: the democratic line, in stafford, virginia. caller: morning, cspan. i am just baffled that nobody in the media has brought up romney's faith. if we dug into his mormon faith, he would lose by a landslide. i go to utah and i know all about the mormon faith. i know them inside and out and that mormon religion is nothing short of a cult. if you did...
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i knew chris stevens, i worked with him, he was a great diplomat, a loyal american. we all mourn his loss and have sympathy to his family, but the disturbing thing is that the administration has changed the story time and time and time again about what happened. ultimately the american people want transparency, want to know the facts. they can make their own decisions, and the white house owes that to the american people. bill: what are you advising mitt romney to say about this issue tonight? >> i think there's two points. one, there should be an effort to get transparency from president obama of what he knew and when he knew it, and why they didn't open up and have candor with the american people, and then the other line of inquiry is the fact that this was evidence that his so-called success on the war on terror wasn't so successful. targeted killings alone cannot solve this problem. you need a broader strategy, and governor romney outlined that in his speech at bmi last monday, and this helps provide a clear choice to the american people between more of the same
i knew chris stevens, i worked with him, he was a great diplomat, a loyal american. we all mourn his loss and have sympathy to his family, but the disturbing thing is that the administration has changed the story time and time and time again about what happened. ultimately the american people want transparency, want to know the facts. they can make their own decisions, and the white house owes that to the american people. bill: what are you advising mitt romney to say about this issue tonight?...
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>> let me say that there is a memorial service today for ambassador stevens and our sympathies go out to his families and the families of all of those affected by this terrible terrorist attack in benghazi. ultimately the responsibility falls and lies with president obama. there are a number of questions about the administration's actions, not only after the terrorist attack in benghazi on september 11, but also before. and the american people deserve answers. one of the things that distinguishes an open democratic society like ours from the secretive governments of authoritarian societies is we are allowed to question the official version of events. what we learned in this case is the official version of events was terribly wrong. not just wrong with respect to how many attackers participated in this terrorist event or the time that it began, but with respect to the very nature of what happened. megyn: there are two issues here. they have responses on both. how did this happen, how did four americans wind up dead in libya in that the state department is investigating, others are inve
>> let me say that there is a memorial service today for ambassador stevens and our sympathies go out to his families and the families of all of those affected by this terrible terrorist attack in benghazi. ultimately the responsibility falls and lies with president obama. there are a number of questions about the administration's actions, not only after the terrorist attack in benghazi on september 11, but also before. and the american people deserve answers. one of the things that...
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. >> ambassador stevens father this week said his death is being politicized, he called it a witch hunt. >> i know that we're very close to an election, i want us to take a step back here and stay from my own experience, we are at our best as americans when we pull together. >> are you saying we're not doing that? >> i have seen democratic presidents and republican presidents, first and foremost, we have lost americans. dozens more had to fight for their lives over a very long battle. they had to be evacuated because of the dangers they were facing. >> some people think it's to stop hillary clinton from making any gains for 2016. >> that's so far from anything anybody should be speaking about. the only threats i'm worrieded about ar the threats to my men and women on the ground, every day, as we speak, it's what i'm obsessed with, and what we have worked so hard to evaluate and of course we're a team, we're a team with the dod, we're a team with the intelligence community and other assets of the government. >> are you going to watch the debate? >> i am. i'm going to try to get home in t
. >> ambassador stevens father this week said his death is being politicized, he called it a witch hunt. >> i know that we're very close to an election, i want us to take a step back here and stay from my own experience, we are at our best as americans when we pull together. >> are you saying we're not doing that? >> i have seen democratic presidents and republican presidents, first and foremost, we have lost americans. dozens more had to fight for their lives over a...
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senator steven horsford, your opening statement. rex thank you. to all the viewers, thank you to pbs and our families a constituent from the fourth congressional district. there really are several terraces in this election. i am glad to be here to talk about the differences between me and my opponent. let us be clear. this election is not about me and it is really not about my opponent. it is about all of you at home. both of you -- those of you who are worried about keeping the job you have, i will fight every day until everyone who wants a job has a job. those of you who are worried about the declining home values in our community, i will work hard every day to restore those batteries -- values. those concerned about the threat to medicare and social security, i will not break our promise to our parents and grandparents. i'm asking for your support. i am here today to talk about my position and i need your vote. thank you. >> thank you. the first question goes to mr. tarkanian. according to the las vegas sun, you supported the arizona whichiowow
senator steven horsford, your opening statement. rex thank you. to all the viewers, thank you to pbs and our families a constituent from the fourth congressional district. there really are several terraces in this election. i am glad to be here to talk about the differences between me and my opponent. let us be clear. this election is not about me and it is really not about my opponent. it is about all of you at home. both of you -- those of you who are worried about keeping the job you have, i...
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aambassador stevens' father said in the past week he thought his son's death was being politicized. in addition to take tri-ing to take the heat off the white house in this election period, i think she's trying to refocus the nation that four brave americans died and, yes, it's important to find out what the breakdown in security or intelligence was, but also to just -- really just make sure that this doesn't happen again. and she says she's going to stay out of politics and be focused on making sure that u.s. diplomatic posts get the security and resources that they need. carol? >> elise, the timing to some is suspect. i mean, hillary clinton throws herself under the bus for the obama administration on the eve of this big presidential debate. what did she have to say about that? >> reporter: well, i mean, in fact, it was the white house, i wouldcy, this kind of threw the state department under the bus over the past week. vice president biden during the debate said we didn't know about those security requests and the white house started calling around to reporters and saying listen,
aambassador stevens' father said in the past week he thought his son's death was being politicized. in addition to take tri-ing to take the heat off the white house in this election period, i think she's trying to refocus the nation that four brave americans died and, yes, it's important to find out what the breakdown in security or intelligence was, but also to just -- really just make sure that this doesn't happen again. and she says she's going to stay out of politics and be focused on...
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that we understand and i say very clearly that this really shouldn't be something that as ambassador stevens said becomes a political issue. how this came about, and anyone we send to do the diplomatic business of this country is protected. i think what secretary clinton said last night was the state department is the one that receives and looks through security requests for missions in our consulates around the world. she also said, we have to remain diplomatically engaged and keep our people safe and ought not play politics with this. and i think if you look at what mitt romney has done since the moment this thing happened is play politics with it. and go back to that 47% tape, you know, he said he was looking for a foreign crisis to try to exploit during this campaign. it's not a surprise he ran out there quickly without knowing the facts and his own party said that he was not acting as a commander in chief would act. but i think that other things that clinton, secretary clinton and others at the state department have said is that we were telling the american people exactly what the intel
that we understand and i say very clearly that this really shouldn't be something that as ambassador stevens said becomes a political issue. how this came about, and anyone we send to do the diplomatic business of this country is protected. i think what secretary clinton said last night was the state department is the one that receives and looks through security requests for missions in our consulates around the world. she also said, we have to remain diplomatically engaged and keep our people...
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first of all can ambassador stevens wrote to secretary of state, said i am concerned about our safety. i am concerned because i know it's you and libya. those were ignored. but the biggest problem is not just what happened, but why it happened. people like dr. ruiz who are sympathizers for the greatness of america, they believe -- they believe that actually if we apologize for opponents come up for nice to them then so be nice to us and returned. because of this, our country is less safe, much more dangerous place today than four years ago. >> moderator: thank you, congresswoman. dr. ruiz. ruiz: this is clear evidence that congress is broken. now over and over, she will repeat this incident in the city of plymouth and it's a shame. it is a shame -- it is a shame -- it is a shame that you are trying to make me seem anti-american. bono mack: six years, six years, six years. ruiz: we were to protect her ability to give voice to a native american heritage, to give them a voice in our american stories, congresswoman. >> moderator: thank you, dr. ruiz. >> two years ago you told "the desert
first of all can ambassador stevens wrote to secretary of state, said i am concerned about our safety. i am concerned because i know it's you and libya. those were ignored. but the biggest problem is not just what happened, but why it happened. people like dr. ruiz who are sympathizers for the greatness of america, they believe -- they believe that actually if we apologize for opponents come up for nice to them then so be nice to us and returned. because of this, our country is less safe, much...